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THE CHRISTMAS CAN-CAN - Straight No Chaser

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A1 Christmas, Christmas time is here, and Christmas songs you love to hear
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Thoughts of joy and hope and cheer, but mostly shopping, shopping, shopping
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Christmas. Christmas time is here, the sleigh bells and the red nosed deer
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Songs and songs we love to hear all played a thousand times each year

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Heard this same song 20 times

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20 times by Halloween
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It's not even cold outside

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A2 Christmas, Christmas time is here, and Christmas songs you love to hear
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Thoughts of joy and hope and cheer, but mostly shopping, shopping, shopping

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B Christmas season, starting sooner every year
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By October, stores with plastic Christmas trees
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Ransack the mall, shop until you lose your mind
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Gorge on sugar, sit back and watch
Rudolf, Frosty, Tiny Tim, and Scrooge, the Grinch, or Charlie Brown
It's time...

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C1 It's time to do the Christmas can-can if you can't, can't dance well that's ok (just do a little wiggle)
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All you need is a tree, some lights about a thousand presents wrap them up and pray for snow (Ho)
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Run to your closet find your Christmas sweaters screaming carols all the way (fa-la-la-la-la)
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France all the way to Bowen Island, it's the Christmas can-can Halloween to Christmas day
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A3 It's the most wonderful time of year we're running mad with Christmas cheer
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Hey what's troubling you my friend?
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(It's not fair if your jewish, jewish)
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Not fair if your Jewish, Jewish

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D Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel I made it out of clay
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You realize that Christmas ain't the only holiday (OY!)

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A4 Hey he's right who made these laws
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Look! Wait! Here comes Santa Claus,
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Santa Claus, Santa Claus, Santa Claus, Santa Claus
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(Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa)

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C1 Hey Santa do the can-can help them if you can-can join in the parade (I need to lose some weight so...)
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All you need is a tree, some lights about a thousand presents wrap them up and pray for snow (Ho!)
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Run to your closet find your Christmas sweaters screaming carols all the way (fa-la-la-la-la)
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France all the way to Bowen Island it's the Christmas can-can THAT’S THE END!

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END Wait for our ending - We should share this holiday
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Hava Nagila - Happy Chanukah to you
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A Happy Chanukah to you, a Happy Chanukah to you
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A Merry Christmas, Chanukah and also Kwanzaa.
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Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and Mer - ry Kwan-zaa, too!